Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Donnis Thompson
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Donnis Hazel Thompson (1933-2009)
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Russell C. Davis (1938- )
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Roderick L. Ireland (1944- )
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Hercules Washington (Enslaved Cook of George Washington) (ca. 1755-?)

Explore Global African History

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Ikhlas Khan (a.k.a. Malik Raihan Habshi, ?-1656)
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Movimento Negro Unificado (1978- )
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(1967) The Arusha Declaration
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The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Minnesota counties
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Slavery and Freedom on the Minnesota Territory Frontier: The Strange Saga of Joseph Godfrey
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Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey
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In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
Coronavirus structure
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COVID-19: The Myth and the Reality for Black America

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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